Tie case



Patented Aug. 29, 1939 UNITED STATES TIE CASE Albert Lee Branch, Richmond, Va.

Application August 31,

'3 claims.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement intie cases and is designed to provide a device which serves as a case for mens neckties and a rack upon which the ties may n be hung. I have experienced great difliculty in keeping my neckties unwrinkled when they are packed for travelling, and I have invented my improved device to provide a mea-ns for packing ties which will also serve to display the ties,

lU on reaching a destination, and opening the case. My device protects the ties against mussing when the case is closed, and when it is opened the ties are displayed on the rack ready for use. The particularly novel and useful feature of my device is the means which I provide whereby the ties may be arranged upon the rack, and then either enclosed in the case, for travelling, or displayed after reaching a destination, without removal from the rack. I have so designed and related the parts of my device that the entire portions of the ties which are not covered by the collar and are therefore exposed when being worn, are entirely enclosed within my improved case. 25 While I have illustrated in the drawings and have hereinafter fully described one speciiic embodiment of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention limited to said specic embodiment, but refer for its scope to; the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, showing the device opened and suspended to serve as a tie rack.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device open and inverted, the ties resting within the case.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing the device closed and suspended to serve as a tie case.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device, in the position illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section on line 5 45 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary front elevation, showing the rack member and mounting.

As illustrated in the drawings, my improved device comprises a case C and rack R. The case C comprises the (zo-acting walls I and 2 hingedly related by the strip 3. Generally conforming to the configuration of a necktie, these walls I and 2 have convergent sides 4, the upper endsI 5 being considerably wider than the lower ends 6. The end 6 of the wall 2 has a notch N, the side Walls 1 of which are spaced at the proper distance to admit the portions of the neckties to rest upon the bottom 8 of the notch N, as will 1937, serial No. 161,867 (o1. c- 7) be presently explained. The rack R is hingedly mounted on the outer iace of the wall 2 and is produced by a single wire or rod suitably conformed to provide at its inner end the diametrically opposed shanks and iii rotatable in 5 sleeves l! suitably mounted on the wall 2, and

at its outer end the loop l2, and intermediate its inner and outer ends the stop i3, the loop i2 and stop i3 being suitably spaced to admit therebetween the portions of the neckties, as will 10 be presently explained. Mounted in the loop I2 is a strap. it having a socket i5 col-acting with a snap-fastener it on the outer face of the wall 2, and a second socket ll coacting with a snapfa'stener I8 on the outer face of the wall I, the 15 strap Id being adapted to pass around the edges i of the walls I and 2, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. I also provide straps I9 attached to the wall 2 and having sockets 20 to co-act with the snap-fasteners 2l on the wall I. suitably at- 20 tached to the ends 5 of the walls I and 2, there is a strap 2R having the keeper 23, to serve as a hanger means for my device. As illustrated in Fig. 1, this strap 22 may be slipped about a vertical supporting means, such as the mirror post 25 P of a bureau, and the keeper 23 being properly adjusted, the strap 22 is caused to rest upon the post P and support my device. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the strap 22 may be passed over a hori- Zontal supporting means, such as the hook H, to support my device.

From the foregoing description of the detailsY of construction of my device, its use and operation will be obvious. The device being in` the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the ties T can be hung upon the rack R which is swung outwardly from thecase C to facilitate the placing of the ties thereon. As illustrated in Fig. l, the ties T are disposed upon the rack R so that they are folded over the rack R at their middles M, and it will be noted that the loop I2 and stop I3 are properly spaced to accommodate the width of the ties at their middles M. When it is desired to encase the ties T, the rack R is swung toward the wall 2, and the strap lfl is fastened to the wall 2 by means of the socket I5 and fastener I6, thus clamping the middles M of the ties T between the wall 2 and rack R, thereby preventing accidental displacement of the ties T. The device is then inverted, as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby causing the ends El of the ties T to pass over the end 6 of the wall 2 through the notch N. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the intermediate portions I of the ties T between the middles M and the ends E rest upon the bottom 8 of the 55 notch N. It is to be particularly noted that the rack R is so disposed upon the Wall 2, that the distance between the rack R and the bottom 8 of the notch N is such that the portion 4of the tie extending from the notch N over the rack R and back to the notch N is that portion of the tie which is covered by the collar When the tie is being Worn. The Walls I and 2 are then moved toward one another, enclosing the ties T, and are fastened together by the straps Ill and I9 and their fastening means.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s:

l. In a tie case, the combination of a pair of walls hingedly related; a rack comprising Ytwo Shanks, a loop and a stop, the loop and stop being so disposed as to form a throat for receiving the ties; sleeves on the outer face of one of said walls, in which said Shanks are pivotally mounted; and a strap mounted in said loop and having two fastener means adapted to co--act with complementary fastener means on the outer face of each 4of said Walls respectively.

2. In a tie case, the combination of a pair of Walls hingedly related; a rack having a shank, a loopl and a stop, the loop and stop being so disposed as to form a throat for receiving ties; a sleeve on, the outer face of .one of said Walls, in which said shank is pivot/ally mounted; and a strap mounted in said loop and having fastener means adapted to co-act with complementary fastener means on the outer face of each of the said Walls respectively.

3. In a tie case, the combination of a pair of co-acting cover members hingedly relatedf; a journal bearing mounted on the out'er face of one Y of said members; a tie-rack journaled in said bearing; and fastener means carried by said rack and adapted to be attached to each of said members to fasten the case in closed position.

ALBERT LEE BRANCH. 

